What the furies bring
By: Kenneth Sherman.
Publisher: Porcupine's Quill
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Erin, Ont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9780889843189
Subjects: Life change events in literature; Literature and society; Literature and history; Literature -- History and criticism; Événements stressants de la vie dans la littérature; Littérature et société; Littérature et histoire; Littérature -- Histoire et critique
Description: "In the months following 9/11, while images of the collapsing towers haunted the media, Kenneth Sherman began a course of reading, seeking out authors who believed that literature could address the most extreme circumstances. Sherman contemplates Holocaust survivor Primo Levi, writing under crushing depression; Anne Frank, retaining sanity by diary writing; authors who, though critically ill, persisted in their quest for the right word. The 'furies' in Sherman's title belong to history and what they bring is not only destruction, but the opportunity to transform ourselves."--Jacket.
Notes: Essays.

Includes bibliographical references.